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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?
(a) Stationary.
(b) A diary.
(c) A blank notebook.
(d) A typewriter.

2. What was Vancouver's shopping mecca?
(a) Hudson Bay.
(b) The outlet mall.
(c) Crest Bay.
(d) Old Navy.

3. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?
(a) Her speeches.
(b) Her painting.
(c) Her piano playing.
(d) Her poems.

4. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(b) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(c) Friends and I Love Lucy.
(d) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.

5. Which toothpaste did the Wydra's decide to use after seeing commercials?
(a) Arm and Hammer.
(b) Acme.
(c) Colgate.
(d) Crest.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Eva's voyage of self-improvement, what two historical figures did she want to follow?

2. Where did Eva decide to attend college for her undergraduate degree?

3. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?

4. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?

5. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Eva realize that discussing communism with her classmates was a waste of time?

2. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

3. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

4. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

5. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

6. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

7. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?

8. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

9. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"

10. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

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